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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[MNT]: pyplot.xkcd() leads to findfont errors under Windows ","articleBody":"### Summary\n\nany plot with the xkcd style `pyplot.xkcd()` generates a bunch of errors from the findfont function under Windows even when fonts like \"Comic Neue\" are installed. I also regenerated the font cache and copied the font files into the matplotlib site-packages font folder, but this did not help. (I am using mpl 3.8.2 on python 3.11)\r\n\r\nI am unsure if this is an issue under other OSs but I have the same issue under Win10 and Win11\n\n### Proposed fix\n\nIn the end I modified the `pyplot.py` file in the `xkcd` function, to get rid of the errors\r\n```\r\n    rcParams.update({\r\n        'font.font-family': ['xkcd', 'xkcd Script', 'Comic Neue', 'Comic Sans MS'],\r\n...\r\n```\r\nto\r\n ```\r\n    rcParams.update({\r\n        'font.sans-serif': ['xkcd', 'xkcd Script', 'Comic Neue', 'Comic Sans MS'],\r\n...\r\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/bkasel","@type":"Person","name":"bkasel"},"datePublished":"2023-11-20T08:25:17.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":9},"url":"https://github.com/27350/matplotlib/issues/27350"}